Tell Congress to vote NO on abstinence-only funding increases.

Conservatives in Congress want to continue pumping millions of dollars into harmful abstinence-only-until-marriage programs despite the fact that these programs don't work. These programs historically make families with LGBT parents invisible and deny the existence of loving LGBT relationships. COLAGE is encouraging our members to respond to a call for action from Advocates for Youth and to demand that this increase is not approved.

As early as today, conservative Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) plans to introduce an amendment to the Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations bill to increase funding for the Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program, the largest and worst abstinence-only-until-marriage program.

Please contact your Senators today and tell them to vote NO on the Brownback amendment!!!

At COLAGE we believe that youth as well as adults will be healthier when given true educational information about sex in non-judgmental settings. We also believe that health and sex education should be inclusive of LGBTQ families and relationships.

Just a few of the facts that oppose abstinence only education:
* The United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world.
* Young people in the U.S. are also at high risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.
* Abstinence-only programs are prohibited, by law, from talking about contraceptives EXCEPT to discuss their failure rates.
* A 10-year congressionally mandated study of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs proved once and for all that these programs don't work.

Please contact your Senator today and tell them to oppose the Oppose the Brownback Amendment.